BIOMECHANICAL MODEL

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy

Introduction

As people progress through physical dysfunction, they become more and more compromised in their ability to carry out basic and instrumental activities of daily living. As their abilities decrease, they become less able to process and interpret environmental stimuli (including screening out irrelevant and attending to salient stimuli) and formulate an action plan that leads to successful task completion (Cary, 2001, 45).

The frustrations of being unable to complete a requested or desired task can lead to behaviors that further interfere with the ability to complete the task, create a risk for safety, and disturb others who share the environment with the individual (American, 2000, 43). The inability to accurately interpret environmental stimuli can also lead to behaviors that interfere with task completion, safety, or disturb others.

As Individuals with Physical dysfunction become increasingly demented, they commonly withdraw from engagement in meaningful occupations (Ireland, 1999, 150). While not a new idea, modern society is just beginning to realize the importance of engagement in occupation to quality of life. Humans are occupational beings and the lack of meaningful occupations has been associated with poor health, such as maladaptive behavior patterns, depression, and stress-related medical problems (Auer & Reisberg 2006). In those with physical dysfunction, an abundance of unstructured time can lead to increased behavior problems. The key is to structure the environment, routines, and tasks so that they support the individual's ability to engage successfully in meaningful occupations (Tronick, 2001, 322).

Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy (OT) is a health care profession that encourages and instructs individuals on how to develop, regain or maintain necessary skills to participate in all facets of life. OT utilizes activities meaningful to the patient to improve strength, coordination, thinking skills, emotional well-being and safety to be as independent as possible. Caregivers can also be assisted by OT by becoming aware of changes needed in a living environment, performing daily activities in different ways and understanding the types of assistance that the patient might need (Bordin, 2001, 252).

Occupational therapy helps develop independence and social and occupational rehabilitation for people with barriers to their mobility and their movements. It improves the well-being and also helps improve the performance of healthy people, more or less active and athletic. By its specific competence, occupational therapy and helps with other professionals, the promotion of health. Professional and technical manual, it focuses on the person, particularly in relation to the body in motion and action. Relationship, contact and awareness of these dimensions play an important part in a practice involving closeness and intimacy.

Unhappy times often lead to injuries, including accidents, sports accidents, illness, suffering, and others; any or all of which may lead to the need for rehabilitation services. Many of them require occupational therapy, which involves assisting injured or otherwise violated the patients as they recover their pre-injury status or to restore as much as physically possible. The field of occupational therapy is a career choice for those who love to help people recover from injury, and the following text will provide the reason for ...